10 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Closed 10 March 2026
National Planning Policy Framework: proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system
This consultation invited views on significant structural improvements to the Framework, so that for the first time there is a clear set of separate policies for both plan-making and decision-making. This is intended to achieve three principal objectives, namely to: ensure national planning policy is accessible and understandable for everyone; establish a comprehensive suite of national policies on general planning matters which will apply across the country; making the policy more ‘rules-based’ and certain.
